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-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, TBE+/0LqP3nzGFIaRlqAANyvnCV2nl8oVcXSqBQHUA9ZAA5xBHTet8Iox6YNY9Gy LTvsFz4Wj/VI5ukEDtjtdg== 0001181431-09-000232.txt : 20090102 0001181431-09-000232.hdr.sgml : 20090101 20090102174410 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-09-000232 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20081230 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090102 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090102 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: St Dennis Thomas CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001339595 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-06920 FILM NUMBER: 09502163 BUSINESS ADDRESS: BUSINESS PHONE: 408-727-5555 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. STREET 2: 3050 BOWERS AVENUE, P.O. BOX 58039 CITY: SANTA CLARA STATE: CA ZIP: 95052-8039 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000006951 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674] IRS NUMBER: 941655526 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DC FISCAL YEAR END: 1028 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3050 BOWERS AVE CITY: SANTA CLARA STATE: CA ZIP: 95054-3299 BUSINESS PHONE: 4087275555 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3050 BOWERS AVE CITY: SANTA CLARA STATE: CA ZIP: 95054-3299 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: APPLIED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19730319 4 1 rrd228254.xml FORM 4 X0303 4 2008-12-30 0 0000006951 APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE AMAT 0001339595 St Dennis Thomas C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. P.O. BOX 58039, 3050 BOWERS AV, M/S 2023 SANTA CLARA CA 95054 0 1 0 0 Senior Vice President Common Stock 2008-12-30 4 S 0 40000 10.04 D 279651 D Common Stock 7348.412 I By the 401(k) Plan Number of shares includes 273,750 performance shares (or restricted stock units) previously reported that in the future will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied Materials, Inc. common stock upon vesting, which vesting is scheduled to occur as follows: (a) 25,000 performance shares are scheduled to vest on 7/15/09; (b) 12,500 performance shares are scheduled to vest on 8/31/09; (c) 112,500 performance shares are scheduled to vest in two equal annual installments beginning 12/19/09; (d) 78,750 performance shares are scheduled to vest in three equal annual installments beginning 12/19/09; and (e) provided specified performance goals are achieved, 45,000 performance shares are scheduled to vest (i) as to 22,500 shares no earlier than on 12/19/09 and (ii) as to 22,500 shares no earlier than in two equal annual installments beginning 12/19/10 (all vesting is subject to continued employment). /s/ Charmaine Mesina, Attorney-in-Fact 2009-01-02 EX-24. 2 rrd204463_230777.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY rrd204463_230777.html

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

            The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Charmaine
Mesina and Mary Zeigler, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

     (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer of Applied Materials, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4
and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules thereunder;

     (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4
or 5, complete and execute any amendment(s) thereto, and timely file such form
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange
or similar authority; and

     (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 22nd day of September, 2005.

                                        /s/ Thomas St. Dennis
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                                        Thomas St. Dennis

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